Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-5 Mini offers 285.3K more tokens in context window than Grok 3 mini. Grok 3 mini is $24.20 cheaper per million tokens. GPT-5 Mini supports multimodal inputs. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
OpenAI
GPT-5 mini, released by OpenAI in August 2025, is a smaller variant from the GPT-5 family that inherits GPT-5's unified reasoning architecture and multimodal capabilities at a reduced inference cost. It targets high-volume production use cases requiring a balance of intelligence and response speed, offering GPT-5 capabilities for applications where full GPT-5 inference costs are a concern.
xAI
Grok 3 mini, released by xAI alongside Grok 3 in February 2025, is a compact reasoning model from the Grok 3 family featuring RL-enhanced Think mode for extended chain-of-thought processing. It features a 131K token context window and targets STEM tasks, mathematics, and coding applications where cost-efficient reasoning with configurable depth is required.
5 months newer

Grok 3 mini
xAI
2025-02-17

GPT-5 Mini
OpenAI
2025-08
Cost per million tokens (USD)
GPT-5 Mini
Grok 3 mini
Context window and performance specifications
Available providers and their performance metrics
GPT-5 Mini
OpenAI
Grok 3 mini
GPT-5 Mini
Grok 3 mini
GPT-5 Mini
Grok 3 mini
xAI